Cooking utensil.



H. TIDOW.

COOKING UTENSIL'.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 23, 1908.'

HUGO TIDOW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

coome U'rENsII'..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application lod April 28, 1908. Serial No. 428,805.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I`, HUGO Tmow, a citizen of Germany, residing at New York citi, Manhattan, county and State of New Yor have invented new and useful Improvements in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

is frequently breaded before being fried inthe grease, vand the object of the invention is to retain the grease in a pure state, free from bread crumbs and other particles that maybe selarated during the frylng operation.

n the accompan ing drawing: Figurel is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved cooking utensil, and Fig.'2 a plan, partlfy in section, thereof.

A rying pot 10, having handles 11, is provided with a drip post 12 having lug 13. Within pan 10 is removabl hung a fine meshed strainer 14 composedyof wire gauze secured to a suitable frame. This strainer is provided with a laterally extending handle 15 and with an eye 16 opposite the handle.`

Within strainer 14 is nested a sec'ond similar strainer 17 which is somewhat wider meshed and is provided with laterally extending handle 18. Within strainer 17 is nested a third similar strainer 19, which constitutes a frying basket, and is wider meshed than strainer 17. This frying basket is provided with a laterally extending handle 20 and an eye 21 by which it may be suspended from post 12, whenever desired. In each of the strainers 14, 17, 19, the sides, as well as the bottom, are composed of wire gauze.

Strainer 14 is spaced at its bottom and sides from pot 10; strainer 17 is similarly spaced from strainer 14, and f basket 19 is similarly spaced from strainer 17. The bottom spacing is accomplished b providing each strainer 14, 17, 19, with a dbwnwardly extending frame or rib, 22, 23, 24, secured to the lower side ofthe bottom of said strainer and adapted to rest upon the bottom next'belowto revent y Han es 15, 18, 20 are so correlated that the mali( be gras ed either singly or collective y. hus, as s own, handle 18 is somewhat longer than handle 15, while handle 20 is again lon er than handle 18.

In use, tige. food is placed into basket 19 and the latter, together with strainers 14, 17 is hung into greasev pot 10. After the frying operatlon has been completed, basket 19, containin the fried food is lifted out with one hand, whie strainers 1 4, 1 7 are simultaneously lifted out with the other hand and are suspended on dri post 12. These strainers will now contain a the crumbs and other particles separated from the food, so that the grease will remain entirely clear and in good condition for the next frying o eration. The coarser particles separated wi l be entra ed in strainer 17 while the finer particles w11 be caught up by strainer 14, so that neither strainer is a t to become clogged and each may be rea il relieved of its contents, by

vdum ing. If esired, basket 19 may be lifted simu taneously with,strainer 17, or with both strainers 17 and 14, by raspin the handles either individually or co lective y at different distances from their base.

It will be seen that by my invention the grease is not polluted during the frying operation, so that the same grease ot may be used for successively frying di erent kinds of food. In this way the necessity of using a number of (grease pots for different foods is f obviated an a cleanly 4and wholesome meal is insured.

I claim:

A cooki utensil, comprising a pot, a first fine rneshe strainer hun therein, a second wider meshed strainer lung in the first strainer, and a still wider meshed frying basket hu in the second strainer, thestrainers and f g basket being composed of wire gauze at t e sides and bottom, combined with means for spacing said strainers and frying basket, substantiall as s cified.

Signed by me at N ew ork city, (Manhattan,) N. Y., this 22nd da of A ril, 1908.

IIUG TIDOW. Witlb: :l I

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